The Journal's Table of Contents
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The Journal may be found in these librariesVolume 22, Number 1, Fall 2007
Editorial by Wendy Anne McCarty, PhD
Guest Editor
The Alchemical Dance of Mother and Infant: A Blueprint for Co-Creative
Dyadic Unity During the Prenatal and Perinatal Period
by Becky Engler-Hicks, PhD, DTR
Prenatal and Perinatal Memories in Preverbal Children:
Clinical Observations Using Videotape Examination
by Tara Maria A. Blasco, PhD
A Journey of Love: The Influence of Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology
On Parent-Child Bonding
by Christie Barrack, PhD
Volume 21, Number 4, Summer 2007
Editorial by Jeane M. Rhodes, PhD
The Function of Joy in Pregnancy
by Michel Odent, MD
When the Joy of the Mother is Missing: An Organic Perspective on Postpartum Depression
by Marcy Axeness, PhD
What Baby Komodo Dragons, Baby Elephants, and Baby People Need
by Judith Simon-Prager, PhD
The Embryo: Memory of an Innate Biological Knowledge
by Varenka and Oliver Marc
Global Perspectives: Urgency for Prenatal Education
by Jon RG & Troya GN Turner
Sharing Space
Do Real Feminists Attachment Parent?
Volume 21, Number 3, Spring 2007
Editorial by Bobbi Jo Lyman, PhD, Editor in Chief
The Relationship Between Emotional Intelligence of Mothers and Problem Behavior in
Their Young Children: A Longitudinal Analysis
by Junko Tsujino, D. Educ. Psych. and Mayumi Oyama-Higa, D. Eng.
Relations Among Prenatal Role Quality, Life Satisfaction and Dual-Earner Parents'
Postnatal Depression
by Wendy A. Hall, RN, PhD and Bonita C. Long, PhD
Post-Traumatic Symptomatology in Parents with Premature Infants:
A Systematic Review of the Literature
by Thanos Karatzias, PhD, Zoe Chouliara, PhD, Fiona Maxton, PhD, Yvonne Freer, PhD
and Kevin Power, PhD
The Potential Risks of Ultrasound Examinations on Fetal Development
by Holly Goldberg, BA and Thomas Verny, MD, DPsych, DHL, FRCPC
The Development of Sensory Systems During the Prenatal Period
by Stephanie M. Foster, MS, OTR/L and Thomas R. Verny, MD, DPsych, DHL, FRCPC
Sending and Receiving: Biochemical Communication of Emotions Between Prenate
and Mother: A Call for Early Intervention
by Frances McCulloch Doughty, MA
Volume 21, Number 2, Winter 2006
Editorial by Bobbi Jo Lyman, PhD
Editor in Chief
About Real Babies
by David B. Chamberlain, PhD
Clinical Story of a 6-Year Old Boy's Eating Phobia:
An Integrated Approach Utilizing Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology
with Energy Psychology's Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) in a Surrogate
Nonlocal Application
by Wendy Anne McCarty, PhD, RN
Primiparas' Expectations of Childbirth: The Impact of Consciousness
by Susan Highsmith, PhD
The Long Term Consequences of How We Are Born
by Michel Odent, MD
Women's Perceptions of Birthing Experiences: An Ever-Changing Phenomenon
by Teresa Lear, BA
Volume 21, Number 1, Fall 2006
Editorial by Bobbi Jo Lyman, PhD, Editor in Chief
Born After Loss: The Invisible Child in Adulthood
by Joann M. O'Leary, PhD, MS, MPH, Cecilie Gaziano, PhD, MA, and Clare Thorwick, RN
A Description of Women's Perceptions and Abstract Drawings of Being Pregnant
by Catherine Fraser, RN, BScN
Anger Related to Pre-Conception, Conception, and the Pre- and Perinatal Period
by Shirley A. Ward, Med.Ed, Dip.Ed
Birth Imagery in Sandplay
by Jeane Rhodes, PhD, LPC
A Literature Review: The Effects of Maternal Stress in Pregnancy on Sensory Integration
in Children
by Stephanie M. Foster, MS, OTR/L
Book/DVD Reviews
Volume 20, Number 4, Summer 2006
Editorial by Jeane M. Rhodes, Ph.D.
How Women Can Carry their Unborn Babies to Term: The Prevention of Premature Birth through Psychosomatic Methods
by Rupert Linder MD
Wing of the Butterfly –A Philosophical Overview
by Judith Simon Prager, PhD
Hypothesis: Preeclampsia as a Maternal-Fetal Conflict
by Michel Odent, MD
The Influence of Emotional Support During Childbirth: A Clinical Study
by Cibele Cunha Lima da Motta, Caroline Rinne, and Despina Naziri
Sharing Space
"Conscious Abortion" and the Idea of Abortion Itself
by Peter Heun Fairfield, LAc.Book and Video Reviews
Volume 20, Number 3, Spring 2006
Editorial by Bobbi Jo Lyman, PhD
Supporting Babies' Wholeness in the 21st Century: An Integrated Model of Early Development
by Wendy Anne McCarty, PhD, RN
Maternity in the Wake of Terrorism: Rebirth or Retraumatization?
by Mindy Levy, CNM, MA
Mother-fetus Communicative Relationship: A Longitudinal Study on 58 Primiparae and Their Children During the First Eighteen Months
by Anna Della Vedova, Vincenzo Tomasoni, & Antonio Imbasciati
The Experience of Prenatal Parenthood and the Construction of Paternal Identity
by Despina Naziri, PhD & Lotta De Coster, PhD
Womb Ecology: New Reasons and New Ways to Prepare the Prenatal Environment
by Michel Odent, MD
Volume 20, Number 2, Winter 2005
Editorial by Bobbi Jo Lyman, PhD
New Mothers' Experiences of Agency During Prenatal and Delivery Care: Clinical Practice, Communication and Embodiment
by Rory Coughlan, PhD & Karen E. Jung, MA
Investigation by Questionnaire Regarding Fetal/Infant Memory in the Womb and/or at Birth
by Akira Ikegawa, MD, PhD
Obesity from a Primal Health Research Perspective
by Michel Odent, MD
Seasonality of Birth: Is There a Link Between Primal Health Research and Astrology?
by Michel Odent, MD
The Neurological Impact of Preterm and Very Preterm Birth and Influence of IVF Pregnancies on Developmental Outcomes: A Literature Review and Case Study
by Mari Fullmer, MA.
Sharing Space
The Trend Toward Night Doulas: Exploring the Original Vision of Postpartum Doula Care
by Vicky York, IBCLC, CPD
Book/DVD Reviews
Wisdom in the Body: The Craniosacral Approach to Essential Health
by Michael Kern, DO, RCST, MICr.A, ND
Lotus Birth
by Shivam Rachana, Editor
Lotus Birth: The Water Birth of the Malcolm Twins
by the Centre for Human Transformation
Volume 20, Number 1, Fall 2005
Editorial by Bobbi Jo Lyman, PhD
Being Pregnant: A Qualitative Study of Women's Lived Experience of Pregnancy
by Toni M. Armstrong, BA, & Julie Ann Pooley, PhD
The Factor Structure of the Cambridge Worry Scale in Early Pregnancy
by Julie Jomeen, MA. & Colin R. Martin, PhD
Genesis of Sexual Orientation: From Plato to Dorner
by Michel Odent, MD
Prenatal and Perinatal Psychotherapy with Adults: An Integrative Model for Empirical Testing
by Bobbi Jo Lyman, PhD
A Holistic Approach to Neonatal Resuscitation
by Kathryn Landon-Malone, MSN, CPNP
Book Reviews
The Biology of Belief: Unleashing the Power of Consciousness, Matter, and Miracles
by Bruce Lipton, PhD
The Body Bears the Burden: Trauma, Dissociation and Disease
by Robert C. Scaer, MD
Marked in Your Flesh: Circumcision from Ancient Judea to Modern America
by Leonard B. Glick, MD, PhD
Volume 19, Number 4, Summer 2005
Editorial by Associate Editor, Jeane M. Rhodes, Ph.D
Maternal Drinking Patterns and Drug Use Increase Impact of Terrorism Among Pregnant Women Attending Prenatal Care
By Marilyn W. Lewis, Ph.D, Barbara L. Lanzara, M.D, Janet L. Stein, M.D, &
Deborah S. Hasin, Ph.D
Transitioning to the West: Gender Attitudes about Contraception and Pregnancy in a Former Soviet Union Country
By Anne Speckhard, Ph.D & Natalia Mufel
Healing and Birth
By Franz Renggli, Ph.D.
The Varying Behaviors of Fathers in the Prenatal Experience of the Unborn:
Protecting, Loving and "Welcoming with Arms Wide Open" vs. Ignoring,
Unloving, Competitive, Abusive, Abortion Minded or Aborting
By John C. Sonne, M.D.
Sharing Space
Birth: Hospital or Home? That is the Question
By Robert Oliver, M.D., Ph.D.
Book Reviews
Welcoming Consciousness: Supporting Babies' Wholeness from the Beginning of Life, An Integrated Model of Early Development
By Wendy Anne McCarty, Ph.D (2004).
Prenatal Parenting
By Frederick Wirth, M.D.
Earthbabies: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Times
By Wendy L. McCord, Ph.D
The Jonathon Letters
By Michael Trout & Lori Thomas (2005)
Volume 19, Number 3, Spring 2005
Editorial by Bobbi Jo Lyman, Ph.D.
Postpartum Stress Symptoms and Child Temperament: A Follow-Up Study
By Prof. Paola Di Blasio & Chiara Ionio
Maternal Anxiety During and After Pregnancy and Infant Temperament at Three Months of Age
By Robert J. Coplan, Ph.D., Kim O'Neil, M.A., and Kimberley A. Arbeau, M.A.
Post-Institutionalized Adopted Children Who Seek Breastfeeding from their New Mothers
By Karleen D. Gribble, Ph.D.
Infant Feeding Decisions and Practices in the U.S. and Columbia
By Angela Ramirez, Psy.D., Irene M. Bravo, Ph.D., & Steven Katsikas, Ph.D.
Implications of Perceived Control for Recovery from Childbirth for Unplanned Cesarean, Planned Cesarean, and Vaginal Deliveries
By Jennifer A. Gray, M.A.
Book/Video Reviews
The Psychology of Birth: Invitation to Intimacy (DVD)
By Elmer Postle
What Babies Want, an Exploration of the Consciousness of Infants (DVD)
By Debby Takikawa
Volume 19, Number 2, Winter 2004
Editorial by Bobbi Jo Lyman, Ph.D.
Suicide and Pre- and Perinatal Psychotherapy
By Shirley A. Ward, M.Ed., Dip.Ed.
Graduation Address, July 28, 2004 Santa Barbara Graduate Institute
By Allan N. Schore, Ph.D.
Primal Health Research: Two Essays: I. Margaret Thatcher and Oxytocin: 1979; II. Gestational Diabetes: A Diagnosis Still Looking for a Disease?
By Michel Odent, M.D.
Malattachment and the Self Struggle
By Marcy Axness, Ph.D.
On Tyrants as Abortion Survivors
By John Sonne, M.D.
Sharing Space
Obstetrics and Attachment
By Robert J. Oliver, M.D., Ph.D.
Book Reviews
Ina May's Guide to Childbirth
By Ina May Gaskin
The Vital Touch: How Intimate Contact with your Baby Leads to Happier, Healthier Development
By Sharon Heller, Ph.D.
Volume 19, Number 1, Fall 2004
Editorial by Bobbi Jo Lyman, Ph.D.
Ethical Issues in Reproductive Technology: JOPPPAH Interview with Dr. William Hurlbut
By Jeane M. Rhodes, Ph.D.
The Impact of Trauma on the Embryo and Fetus: An Application of the Diathesis-Stress Model and the Neurovulnerability-Neurotoxicity Model
By Paula Thomson, Psy.D.
The Nature of Stress due to Terrorism on Pregnant Women and their Offspring
By Yaara Benitzhak, M.A. & Thomas R. Verny, M.D., D.Psych., FRCPC
Sharing Space
War Wounds
By William R. Stimson, Ph.D.
Book Reviews
Fatherbirth: A Close Encounter of the Fourth Kind
By John B. Franklin, Ph.D. & Cher Martin Franklin, Ph.D.
A Holistic Guide to Embracing Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Motherhood: Wisdom and Advice by a Doula
By Karen Salt
Parenting from the Inside Out: How a Deeper Self-Understanding Can Help You Raise Children Who Thrive
By Daniel J. Siegel, M.D., & Mary Hartzell, M.Ed.
Volume 18, Number 4, Summer 2004
Editorial by Associate Editor, Jeane M. Rhodes, Ph.D.
Attachment and Self-Understanding: Parenting with the Brain in Mind
By Daniel J. Siegel, M.D.
Adaptation and Resilience in Early Life: Implications of New Developmental Neurobiology for Clinical Practice
By Michael Trout, M.A.
Prenatal and Perinatal Complications as Predispositions to Externalizing Behavior
By Jianghong Liu, PhD.
The Impact of Childhood Sexual Abuse on Pregnancy, Labor and Birth
By Ann Diamond Weinstein, M.S. and Thomas R. Verny, M.D., D. Psych., FRCPC
Toward a New Era of Childbirth Education
By Robert Newman
Book Review
9 Journeys Home
By Robert Mandel
Volume 18, Number 3, Spring 2004
Editorial by Bobbi Jo Lyman, Ph.D.
Primal Health Research: Four Essays
By Michel Odent, M.D.
Improving Asthma Symptoms in Children by Repairing the Maternal-Infant Bond
By Antonio Madrid, Ph.D., Ralph Ames, Ph.D., Denise Horner, M.A., Gary Brown, M.A. and Luz Navarette, M.A.
The Effects of Antepartum Bed Rest on the Pregnant Woman and her Family
By Holly Ruhlig, M.S., A.R.N.P.
Factors Related to Maternal Violence: Longitudinal Research from Prenatal to Age Four
By Junko Tsujino, D. Educ. Psych. and Mayumi Oyama Higa, D. Eng.
The Importance of Psychosocial Variables in Predicting Low Birth Weight
By Lewis E. Mehl-Madrona, M.D., Ph.D.
Book Reviews
Having a Baby, Naturally
By Peggy O'Mara
What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Circumcision
By Paul M. Fleiss, M.D. & Frederick M. Hodges, D. Phil.
Having Twins and More
By Elizabeth Nobel
Volume 18, Number 2, Winter 2003
Editorial by Bobbi Jo Lyman, Ph.D.
Communicating with the Mind of a Prenate: Guidelines for Parents and Birth Professionals
By David B. Chamberlain, Ph.D.
Conceptualizing Prenatal Attachment: Toward a Multidimensional View
By Helen McK. Doan, Ph.D. and Anona Zimerman, M.A.
Prenatal Attachment and Other Feelings and Thoughts During Pregnancy in Three Groups of Pregnant Women
By Anona Zimerman, M.A. and Helen McK. Doan, Ph.D.
Fetal Attachment and Depression: Measurement Matters
By Gail F. Kunkel, M.A. and Helen McK. Doan, Ph.D.
The Maternal Fetal Attachment Scale: Some Methodological Ponderings
By Helen McK. Doan, Ph.D., Nancy L. Cox, M.A. and Anona Zimerman, M.A.
Volume 18, Number 1, Fall 2003
Editorial by Bobbi Jo Lyman, Ph.D.
Universal Responses to Abortion? Attachment, Trauma, and Grief Responses in Women Following Abortion
By Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. and Natalia Mufel
Transpersonal Dimensions in Healing Pre/Perinatal Trauma with EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing)
By Catherine Anne MacLean, Ph.D., P.C.
Gender Differences in Parental Reactions to the Birth of a Premature Low Birth Weight Infant
By Jessica M. Lahner, M.S. and Bert Hayslip, Jr., Ph.D.
Books/Video Reviews
The Psychology of Birth
By Barbara Findeisen & Margot Heiniger-White
Volume 17, Number 4, Summer 2003
Editorial by Associate Editor, Jeane M. Rhodes, Ph.D.
Undisturbed Birth: Nature's Blueprint for Ease and Ecstasy
By Sarah J. Buckley, M.B., Ch.B.: Dip. Obst.
Tracing the Roots of Panic to Prenatal Trauma
By Franz Renggli, Ph.D.
Violence and Pregnancy: A Whole-Self Psychology Perspective
By Jon RG and Troya GN Turner
Sharing Space
Childbirth Meditation and Advanced Natural Childbirth
By Robert Newman
Books/Video Reviews
The Radiant Heart: Healing the Heart, Healing the Souls & Birthing Radiant Babies
By Sharon J. Wendt, Ph.D.
Nature, Nurture, and the Power of Love: The Biology of Conscious Parenting: The new science of how parents shape the character and potential of their child's life
By Bruce Lipton, Ph.D.
Volume 17, Number 3, Spring 2003
Editorial by Bobbi Jo Lyman, Ph.D.
Parents' Touch of Their Preterm Infants and it's Relationship to Their State of Mind Regarding Touch
By Sandra J. Weiss, Ph.D., D.N.Sc, F.A.A.N. & Peggy Walsh Goebel, R.N., D.N.Sc.
Transpersonal Dimensions in Healing Trauma of the Unborn Child By Catherine Anne MacLean, Ph.D.
Assisted Reproductive Technology: Psychological Effects on Offspring
By Tara Maria A. Blasco, R.C.S.T. and Thomas R. Verny, M.D.
Psychophysiological Resilience: A Theoretical Construct Based on Threat Perception and Early Programming of Restorative and Arousal Based Adaptive Mechanisms
By Dorothy Marie Mandel, M.A.
Sharing Space
Men Worthy of Praise: Personal Reflections on My First Father's Day, 2002
By Steven Svoboda
Books/Video Reviews
Tomorrow's Baby: The Art and Science of Parenting From Conception through Infancy
By Thomas R. Verny with Pamela Weintraub
A Clear Road to Birth
By Judy Seaman (Producer/Editor)
Volume 17, Number 2, Winter 2002
Editorial by Bobbi Jo Lyman, Ph.D.
Psychosocial Variables Predict Complicated Birth
By Lewis E. Mehl-Madrona, M.D., Ph.D.
Father to Son: A Chronicle of Your Life Before Birth
By George Grider
Predictors of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Following Abortion in a Former Soviet Union Country
By Natalia Mufel, Anne Speckhard, Ph.D., and Sergei Sivuha, Ph.D.
Specificity of a Mother's Attachment to Her Child Using the Attachment Inventory and Factors Related to Attachment: Longitudinal Research from Prenatal to Age Three
By Junko Tsujino, M.A., Mayumi Oyama Higa, D.Eng., and Tadashi Inuihara, M.A.
Sharing Space
Evolution of a Childbirth Educator.
By Kerry Tuschhoff, HCHI
Book/Video Reviews
Having Faith
by Sandra Steingraber.
The Farmer and the Obstetrician
by Michel Odent.
Building the Bonds of Attachment: Awakening Love in Deeply Troubled Children
by Daniel A. Hughes
Stories of the Unborn Soul: The Mystery and Delight of Pre-Birth Communication
by Elizabeth Hallett
Volume 17, Number 1, Fall, 2002
Editorial by David B. Chamberlain, Ph.D
Psychosocial Variables Predict Complicated Birth
By Lewis E. Mehl-Madrona, M.D., Ph.D.
Father to Son: A Chronicle of Your Life Before Birth
By George Grider
Predictors of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Following Abortion in a Former Soviet Union Country
By Natalia Mufel, Anne Speckhard, Ph.D., and Sergei Sivuha, Ph.D.
Specificity of a Mother's Attachment to Her Child Using the Attachment Inventory and Factors Related to Attachment: Longitudinal Research from Prenatal to Age Three
By Junko Tsujino, M.A., Mayumi Oyama Higa, D.Eng., and Tadashi Inuihara, M.A.
Sharing Space
Counseling Couples in Disagreement About Circumcision: A Jewish Perspective
By Laurie Evans, M.A.
Book/Video Reviews
Welcoming Spirit Home: Ancient African Teachings to Celebrate Children and Community
By Sobonfu Somé
The 8th Day: Examining Circumcision.
Video produced and directed by Keren Mercuze.
Volume 16, Number 4, Summer 2002
Editorial by David B. Chamberlain, Ph.D.
Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Medicine: New Interdisciplinary Science in the Changing World, Peter G.
Fedor-Freybergh, M.D., Ph.D.
Perceptions of Optimal Health after Pre/Perinatal Experiences: An Exploratory Study,
by Bobbi Jo Lyman, Ph.D.
A Prenatal Project in India,
Gajanan S. Kelkar
The Power of Beliefs: What Babies are Teaching Us,
by Wendy Anne McCarthy, Ph.D.
The Individual Life Project: A New Way of Discovering the Unborn Child's World and Potentialities,
by Geno Soldera, Ph.D.
Book Reviews
Prenatal Yoga and Natural Childbirth, by Jeannine Parvati Baker, reviewed by Jeane Rhodes, Ph.D.
The Psychic Space of the Unborn Child: Prenatal Psychology and Therapy,
by Ludwig Janus, M.D., reviewed by Tilmann Moser, Ph.D.
Volume 16, Number 3, Spring 2002
Editorial by David B. Chamberlain, Ph.D.
The Sunrise as the Birth of a Baby: The Prenatal Key to Egyptian Mythology,
by Franz Renggli, Ph.D.
The Impact of Prenatal Psychology on Society and Culture,
by Ludwig Janus, M.D.
The Neurobiology of Attachment and Early Personality Organization,
by Allan N. Schore, Ph.D.
Primal Health Research: Four Essays,
by Michel Odent, M.D.
Book Reviews:
Adoption Wisdom: A Guide to the Issues and Feelings of Adoption,
by Marlou Russell, Ph.D. reviewed by Claire Winstone, M.A.
Doctors Re-examine Circumcision
by Thomas J. Ritter, M.D. and George C. Dennison, M.D., reviewed by J. Steven Svoboda, J.D.
Volume 16, Number 2, Winter 2001
Editorial by Ruth Johnson Carter, Ph.D.
Toward a Fluid Dance in Seamless Dress: The Field of Pre- and Perinatal Development Challenges Researchers to Integrate Scientific and Spiritual Orientations,
by Marcy Wineman Axness
Naturally Sexual Breast-Feeding: An Evolutionary Prescription for Emotional Health,
by Dale Glabach, J.D., M.A.
Nature, Nurture and Human Development,
by Bruce H. Lipton, Ph.D.
Sharing Space
A Bedtime Story: Sleeping Through the Night,
by Marjorie L. Rand, Ph.D
A Voice in the World,
by Ruth J. Carter, Ph.D.
Book Reviews
Queen Jin's Handbook of Pregnancy
by Fred Jeremy Seligson, reviewed by David B. Chamberlain, Ph.D.
Fathering Right from the Start: Straight Talk about Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond,
by Jack Heinowitz, reviewed by Belden Johnson
The Biology of Love,
by Arthur Janov, Ph.D., reviewed by Stephen Khamsi, Ph.D.
The Aware Baby, by Aletha J. Solter, reviewed by David B. Chamberlain, Ph.D.
Volume 16, Number 1, Fall 2001
Editorial by Jenny Wade, Ph.D.
Chronological Listing of Journal Articles with Abstracts by Volume, Issue, and Page
Index to Journal Articles by Subject and First Author
Volume 15, Number 4, Summer 2001
Editorial by Ruth Johnson Carter, Ph.D.
Short and Long Term Effects on Infants and Toddlers in Full Time Daycare Centers,
by Henry Brandtjen, M.A. and Thomas Verny, M.D., D.Psych., FRCP(C)
Ethnic Differences with Abuse during Pregnancy,
by Bobbi Jo Lyman, Ph.D.
Sharing Space:
Music Therapy and Pregnancy,
by Gabriel F. Federico, M.T. and Giselle E. Whitwell, R.M.T.
Chronic Grief-Spiritual Midwifery: A New Diagnostic and Healing Paradigm,
by Elaine Childs Gowell, Ph.D.Volume 15, Number 3, Spring 2001
Editorial by Ruth Johnson Carter, Ph.D.
Treating Cesarean(caesarean, cesarian) Birth Trauma During Infancy and Childhood, by William R. Emerson, Ph.D.
Hold Me! The Importance of Physical Contact with Infants, by Aletha Solter, Ph.D.
Effects of the Firstart Method of Prenatal Stimulation on Psychomotor Development: From Six to Twelve Months, by M. J. Lafuente, Ph.D., R. Grifol, Ph.D. and D. Rios, R.N.
Toning in Pregnancy and Labor, by Beverly Pierce, M.L.S., M.H.D., R.N.Book Reviews:
Mother Nature: A History of Mothers, Infants, and Natural Selection, by Sarah Blaffer Hrdy, reviewed by James W. Prescott, Ph.D.
Parenting Begins Before Conception: A Guide to Preparing Body, Mind and Spirit: For You and Your Child, by Carista Luminare-Rosen, reviewed by Maria Carella, M.Ed.
Volume 15, Number 2, Winter 2000
Editorial by Ruth Johnson Carter, Ph.D
Does Maternal-Infant Bonding Therapy Improve Breathing in Asthmatic Children, by Antonio Madrid, Ph.D., Ralph Ames, Ph.D., Susan Skolek, M.A. and Gary Brown, M.A.
Fetal Awareness of Maternal Emotional States During Pregnancy, by John T. Ham, Jr., Ph.D. and Jon Klimo, Ph.D.
Healing Through Prenatal and Perinatal Memory Recall: A Phenomenological Investigation, by Anne Marquez, Ph.D.
Volume 15, Number 1, Fall 2000
Guest Editorial by David B. Chamberlain, Ph.D.
Abortion Survivors at Columbine, by John C. Sonne, M.D.
The Maternal Womb: The First Musical School for the Baby, by Prof. Ruth Fridman
The Stress Matrix: Implications for Prenatal and Birth Therapy, by Raymond Castellino, R.P.P., D.C.
Obstetric Care and Proneness of Offspring to Suicide as Adults: A Case-Control Study, by Bertil Jacobson, M.D. and Marc Bygdeman, M.D.Sharing Space
I. Birth and Death: Through a Child's Eyes, by Elizabeth Feldman, M.D.
II. Portrait of An Ideal Dad, by Belden Johnson, Ph.D.
III. Honoring and Growing: Tools for Healing Perinatal Trauma, by Jeane Marie Rhodes, Ph.D.
Volume 14, Number 3-4, Spring and Summer 2000
Editorial by Ruth Johnson Carter, Ph.D.
Part I. Historical Observations:
Toward a Scientific Approach to Prenatal Psychology: From Twilight to Dialog, by Sepp Schindler, Ph.D.
Primal Integration Therapy: School of Dr. Frank Lake, by Simon H. House, M.A.
Looking Back: Personal Reflections on the History of Our Association, Part I. Conception to Birth, by David B. Chamberlain, Ph.D.Part II. Research and Reflection:
The Influence of Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone on Human Fetal Development and arturition, by Laura M. Glynn, Ph.D., Pathik D. Wadhwa, M.D., Ph.D. and Curt Sandman, Ph.D.
Psychosocial Prenatal Intervention to Reduce Alcohol, Smoking, and Stress and Improve Birth Outcome among Minority Women, by Lewis E. Mehl-Madrona, M.D., Ph.D.
Maternal-Infant Bonding and Asthma, by Antonio Madrid, Ph.D. and Dale Pennington, Ph.D.
The Genius Within Us: Psychospiritual Guidance during Prenatal and erinatal Development and its Connection to Human Potential After Birth, by Thomas Armstrong, Ph.D.Part III. Comments on Cesarean (cesarian, caesarean) Birth:
Four Perspectives on Being Born Cesarean, by Jane English, Ph.D.
Ruminations on Being Labor Cesarean Born, by Robert Leverant, M.A., M.F.T.
Parenting a Cesarean Child, by Joanne Steele with Jane English, Ph.D.
The Ideal Cesarean Birth, by Robert J. Oliver, M.D.Book and Video Reviews
Hands of Life, by Julie Motz, reviewed by Binnie Dansby
Conscious Parenting by Lee Lozowick, reviewed by Eileen Paris
The Mind of Your Newborn Baby (3rd ed.), by David B. Chamberlain, reviewed by Elisabeth Hallett
Soul Trek: Meeting Our Children on the Way to Birth by Elisabeth Hallett, reviewed by Laura Uplinger
Songs from the Womb: Healing the Wounded Mother by Benig Mouger by Jane English
The Gentle Greeting: An Obstetrician's Complete Guide to Planning a Loving Pregnancy and Birth Experience, by Ronald Cole, reviewed by Kelduyn Garland
Make Way for Baby! (Video) reviewed by Carolyn M. Dawn
Volume 14 (1 and 2), Fall and Winter, 1999
Special Millennium Issue: Selected Works by David B. Chamberlain, Ph.D.
Editorial by Ruth Johnson Carter, Ph.D.
Book Synopsis: The Mind of Your Newborn Baby
Original Research:
Reliability of Birth Memory: Observations from Mother and Child Pairs in HypnosisPrenatal Life:
1. Life in the Womb: Dangers and Opportunities
2. Foundations of Sex, Love, and Relationships: From Conception to BirthClinical Work:
1. The Significance of Birth Memories
2. Transpersonal Adventures in Prenatal and Perinatal HypnotherapyPregnancy and Birth:
1. Obstetrics and the Prenatal Psyche, by David Chamberlain and Suzanne Arms
2. Wanted at Birth: Clean Hands and a Clean HeartToward a New Paradigm:
1. Babies Are Not What We Thought: Call for a New Paradigm
2. Babies Don't Feel Pain: A Century of Denial in Medicine
3. Prenatal Body Language: A New Perspective on OurselvesFor Reference:
Bibliography of David B. Chamberlain (to August 1, 1999)
Chamberlain Works on the Internet (to June 1, 1999)
Vol. 13(1) Fall, 1998
Ruth J. Carter, Ph.D, Editorial
Bruce H. Lipton, Ph.D., Nature, Nurture and the Power of Love
William R. Emerson, Ph.D., Birth Trauma:
The Psychological Effects of Obstetrical Interventions
Dianne Zimberoff, M.A. and David Hartman, M.S.W.,
Insidious Trauma Caused by Prenatal Gender Prejudice
Elaine Childs-Gowell, A.R.N.P., Ph.D.,
Chronic Grief--Spiritual Midwifery: A New Diagnostic and Healing Paradigm
Book Reviews
Michael Irving, Ph.D and David Chamberlain, Ph.D.,
Pre- and Perinatal Psychology Journal Index of Authors, Volumes 1-11 (1986-1997)Volume 13(2) Winter, 1998
Ruth J. Carter, Editorial
Timothy Wagner, Patricia Grant Higgins and Cheryl Wallerstedt, Perinatal Death: How Fathers Grieve
Marshall R. Childs, Prenatal Language Learning
Jenny Wade, Two Voices from the Womb:
Evidence for Physically Transcendent and a Cellular Source of Fetal Consciousness
Sharing Space:
Raymond Taylor, Reduction of Anxiety and Pain in Labor and Delivery Using an EMDR Model:
A Single Case Study
Jeffrey Von Glahn, The Pre- and Perinatal Development of a Sense of Self
Christophe Massin, The Mental Matrix of Birth
Book ReviewsVolume 13 (3 and 4), Spring and Summer, 1999
Ruth J. Carter, Editorial
Thomas R. Verny, Looking Back: Finding Our Voice
Shirley A. Ward, Birth Trauma in Infants and Children
Millicent Adams Dosh, Prenatal and Perinatal Foundations of Moral Development
Doris Eichorn and Thomas R. Verny, The Biosocial Transactional Model of Development:
The Beginning of the Formation of An Emergent Sense of Self in the Newborn
Amy L. Gilliland and Thomas R. Verny, The Effects of Domestic Abuse in the Unborn Child
Bobbie J. Lyman, Antecedents to Somatoform Disorders:
A Pre- and Perinatal Psychology Hypothesis
Giselle E. Whitwell, The Importance of Prenatal Sound and Music
Mac Freeman, Before I Am, We Are
Christine Caldwell, Dying to be Born, and Being Born to Die:
Cell Death as a Defining Pattern in Human Development and Death
Joann O'Leary and Cecilie Gaziano, The Role of Childhood Memory Scores in
Parenting in Pregnancy and Early Postpartum
Sharing Space:
Patrick Gallagher, Fathers Are An Essential Part of the Human Environment
Lee Carroll, The Infant's Questions
Jane English, The First Cesarean Birth
Jeannine Parvati Baker, Honoring Mother: A BlessingWay Ceremony
Book and Video Reviews
Susana Galle reviews Stephen M. Maret, The Prenatal Person:
Frank Lake's Maternal-Fetal Distress Syndrome (1997)
Teresa M. Danna reviews the video, Gentle Touch Infant Massage (1996) by Miller and GravattVolume 12 (1), Fall 1997
Ruth J. Carter, Ph.D., Editorial
Robert S. Van Howe, M.D., F.A.A.P., Anesthesia for Neonatal Circumcision:
Who Benefits?
Fred J. Schwartz, M.D., Perinatal Stress Reduction, Music and Medical Cost Savings
Jeane Marie Rhodes, Ph.D., Alternative Therapies: Incorporating the Ancient Practice of Yoga PosturesVolume 12 (2), Winter, 1997
Ruth J. Carter, Ph.D., Editorial
Thomas R. Verny, M.D., D. Psych., APPPAH: At the Healing Edge
David B. Chamberlain, Ph.D., Early and Very Early Parenting: New Territories
John C. Sonne, M.D., Magic Babies
Book ReviewsVolume 12 (3 and 4), Spring and Summer, 1998
Jenny Wade, Editorial
David B. Chamberlain, Prenatal Receptivity and Intelligence
F. Rene Van de Carr, M.D. and Marc Lehrer, Ph.D., Prenatal University: Commitment to Fetal-Family Bonding and Strengthening of the Family Unit as an Educational Institution
Chairat Panthuraamphorn, M.D., Prenatal Infant Stimulation Program
Chairat Panthuraamphorn, M.D., Dawiep Dookchitra, M.D. and Manit Sanmaneechai, M.D., Environmental Influences on Human Brain Growth and Development
William Sallenbach, Ph.D., Claira: A Case Study in Prenatal Learning
M. J. Lafuente, R. Grifol, J. Segarra, J. Soriano, M. A., Gorba and A. Montesinos, Effects of the Firstart Method of Prenatal Stimulation on Psychomotor Development: The First Six Months
Beatriz Manrique, Max Contasti, Maria Adela Alvarado, Monica Zypman, Nelly Palma, Maria Trinidad Ierrobino, Irama Ramirez and Daniela Carini, A Controlled Experiment in Prenatal Enrichment with 684 Families in Caracas, Venezuela: Results to Age Six
Book ReviewsVolume 11(1) Fall 1996
Editorial
Rosario N. Rozada Montemurro, Singing Lullabies to Unborn Children: Experiences in Village Vilamarxant, Spain
Benig Mauger, Childbirth as Initiation and Transformation: The Wounded Mother
Hillary Monk, Obstetric Anesthesia Abuse: Delivering Us From Evil
Pier Luigi Righetti, The Emotional Experience of the Fetus: A Preliminary ReportVolume 11 (2) Winter 1996
Editorial
Tiffany Field, Saul Schanberg, Marisabel Davalos, and Julie Malphurs, Massage with Oil Has More Positive Effects on Normal Infants
Veronique Lussier, Helene David, Jean-Francois Saucier, and Francois Borgeat, Self-Rating Assessment of Postnatal Depression: A Comparison of the Beck Depression Inventory and the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale
Michael Trout, The Optimal Adoptive Launch
Gayle Peterson, Childbirth: The Ordinary Miracle: Effects of Devaluation of Childbirth on Women's Self-Esteem and Family Relationships
Review Essay
Judith Luce and Robbie Davis-Floyd, Bearing Meaning: The Language of Birth by Robbie Pfeufer KahnVolume 11 (3) Spring 1997
Editoial
John C. Sonne, Social Regression and the Global Prevalence of Abortion.
M. J. Lafuente, R. Grifol, J. Segarra, J. Soriano, M.A. Gorba, and A. Montesinos, Effects of the Firstart Method of Prenatal Stimulation on Psychomotor Development: The First Sex Months.
Jeane Rhodes, Natalism in Fairy Tales.
Book Review
Sharing Space
Mary Knight, Why I Wrote Love Letters Before Birth and BeyondVolume 11 (4) Summer 1997
John C. Sonne, Interpreting the Dread of Being Aborted in Therapy.
Michael Irving, Sexual Assault and Birth Trauma: Interrelated Issues.
Anne H. Maiden, Celebrating a Return to Earth: Birth in Indigenous Aboriginal, Tibetan, Balinese, Basque, and Cherokee Cultures.Volume 10 (1) Fall 1995
David B. Cheek, M. D., F.A.C.O.G., Early Use of Psychotherapy in Prevention of Preterm Labor: The Application of Hypnosis and Ideomotor Techniques with Women Carrying Twin Pregnancies
Aletha Solter, Ph.D., Why Do Babies Cry?
Video ReviewVolume 10 (2) Winter, 1995
David B. Chamberlain, Ph.D., What Babies Are Teaching Us About Violence
Thomas R. Verny, M.D., D.Psych, F.R.C.P.C., Build Babies, Not Jails
Beatriz Manrique, Ph.D., Love Effaces Violence
Wendy Pomeroy, M.Div., M.B.A., A Working Model for Trauma: The Relationship Between Trauma and Violence
John Sonne, M.D., Prenatal Themes in Rock MusicVolume 10 (3) Spring 1996
William Emerson, Ph.D., The Vulnerable Prenate
James W. Prescott, Ph.D., The Origins of Human Love and Violence
Averil Earnshaw, M.D., The Inheritance of Life Events: A Synopsis of Time Will Tell
Sharing Space
Moshe Amon, Ph.D., Two Views on the Dignity of LifeVolume 10 (4) Summer 1996
Lloyd deMause, Ph.D., Restaging Fetal Traumas in War and Social Violence
Michel D. Adzema, M.A. The Scenery of Healing: Commentary on deMause's, "Restaging of Fetal Trauma in War and Social Violence"
David B. Cheek, M. D., F.A.C.O.G., Use of the Telephone and Hypnosis in Reversing True Preterm Labor at 26 Weeks: The Value of Ideomotor Questioning in a Crisis
Movie Review